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Before They Were Famous: Early Jobs Of Today’s Biggest Stars

Before the riches and fame, most celebs worked dead-end jobs and scraped together pennies to make ends meet like millions of Americans in job-scarce America. Mostly lucky, celebs often get their big break while working jobs they absolutely hate.

Here are fifteen celebs and their jobs before fame. Take a look.

Notorious B.I.G.

Biggie’s classic line “Don’t be mad, UPS is hiring” was inspired by him quitting UPS to chase his rap dreams. Yes, Biggie really rocked the poo-brown jumpsuit and delivered packages for UPS. Hilarious.

Beyonce

Bey Bey worked at Mama Tina’s hair salon in Houston and swept up hair.

Kanye

Yeezy was a sales assistant at the Gap who definitely dressed the mannequins.

Kim Kardashian

Kimmy…work? Never.

Rick Ross

The greatest liar in rap history made $25,794.34/year as a corrections officer ($12,897 per ashy boob) before stealing another man’s identity and waddling to stardom.

Channing Tatum

The panty-melting actor was a real-life “Magic Mike” before being discovered, polished and dangled in movies to millions of women.

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Eve

E-V-E popped it for cash before joining the Ruff Ryders and boarding Stevie J’s megabus.

Jennifer Hudson

Imagine J-Hud singing while salting fries and flipping burgers at Burger King? Well, she did, before quitting to chase her dreams.

Plies

Quite possibly the biggest fraud in rap history, Plies earned a nursing degree while attending U. of Central Florida/Miami (OH) on scholarship and spent time at Mayfield hospital.

J. Cole

Young Jermaine was a bill collector who probably stalked and harassed future fans before signing to Roc Nation.

The insanely-annoying rap muppet worked at Red Lobster, a telemarketing company and several other random jobs that she was fired from before her big break.

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Trick Daddy

T-Double D pulled hood pigeons out of fitteds as a magician at kids’ birthday parties before his rap stardom. He really does love the kids.

Mariah Carey

Mimi was everything from a waitress, club coat check girl to beauty salon hair sweeper who shared a one bedroom studio in Manhattan with four roommates. 36 Grammy nominations later, she’s a music icon.

Oprah

Mother O broke into the industry at 17 when a local Tennessee radio station hired her to do the news part-time.